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Organic Farmer Training Program: Course Information

Spring 2019

Readings

Building Soils for Better Crops, 3rd ed [online edition] by Fred Magdoff; Harold Vanes
ISBN: 1888626054
Publication Date: 2010
3rd ed., free online

Building a Sustainable Business: A Guide to Developing a Business Plan for Farms and Rural Businesses - pdf version
SARE publication, book 6

Building a Sustainable Business: A Guide to Developing a Business Plan for Farms and Rural Businesses by Minnesota Institute for Sustainable Agriculture Staff (Contribution by); Sustainable Agriculture Network Staff (Contribution by)
Call Number: S561 .B84 2003
ISBN: 1888626070
Publication Date: 2003-04-01
SARE publication, book 6
The Greenhouse and Hoophouse Grower's Handbook by Andrew Mefferd
Call Number: SB415 .M375 2017
ISBN: 9781603586375
Publication Date: 2017-02-15
No ebook version available for library purchase.
The Flower Farmer, rev. ed. - ebook by Lynn Byczynski; Robin Wimbiscus (Illustrator)
Call Number: SB406.53 .B93 2008 Online
ISBN: 9781933392653
Publication Date: 2008-02-22
print also available, SB406.53 .B93 2008
The Holistic Orchard by Michael Phillips
Call Number: SB357.24 .P47 2011 Online
ISBN: 9781933392134
Publication Date: 2012-01-10
Print version also available, SB357.24 .P47 2011
The Lean Farm - ebook by Ben Hartman
Call Number: TD930 .H37 2015 Online
ISBN: 9781603585927
Publication Date: 2015-09-16
Print copy available, TD930 .H37 2015
The Market Gardener - ebook by Severine von Tscharner Fleming (Foreword by); Marie Bilodeau (Illustrator); Jean-Martin Fortier
Call Number: SB453.5 .F6913 2014 Online
ISBN: 9780865717657
Publication Date: 2014-03-04
Print version available: SB453.5 .F6913 2014
Natural beekeeping : organic approaches to modern apiculture, revised - ebook by Ross Conrad
Call Number: SF523 .C75 2013
ISBN: 9781933392080
Publication Date: 2013
First edition, 2007, available in print, SF523 .C75 2007
The Organic Farmer's Business Handbook - Ebook by Richard Wiswall
Call Number: S605.5 .W57 2009 Online
ISBN: 9781603581424
Publication Date: 2009-10-09
Print version with CD available, S605.5 .W57 2009
The Organic Farming Manual - Ebook by Ann Larkin Hansen
Call Number: S605.5 .H355 2010 online
ISBN: 9781603424790
Publication Date: 2010-03-17
Print copy held hat Gull Lake Library: S605.5 .H355 2010
The Soul of Soil, 4th ed. - Ebook by Joe Smillie; Grace Gershuny
Call Number: S591 .G45 1999 online
ISBN: 9781890132316
Publication Date: 1999-06-01
Print edition available, S591 .G45 1999
Sustainable Vegetable Production from Start-Up to Market by Vernon P. Grubinger
Call Number: B320.9 .G78 1999
ISBN: 9780935817454
Publication Date: 1999-07-01
NRAES (Series) ; 104.

Sustainable Vegetable Production from Start-up to Market
link to Fair Use pdf, produced 1999.
Teaching Organic Farming & Gardening: Resources for Instructors
Full text online. 700 pages total, but chapters are in individual pdf sections.
"Weed the Soil not the Crop" by Anne & Eric Nordell [pdf]
June 2009. Vol. 40, No. 6. ACRES USA.

Whole Farm Planning : ecological imperatives, personal values, and economics - Ebook by Elizabeth Henderson; Karl North
Call Number: S605.5 .H46 2011 Online
ISBN: 9781603583565
Publication Date: 2011-04-15

Optional Readings

Botany for Gardeners, 3rd ed. by Brian Capon
Call Number: QK50 .C36 2010 Online
ISBN: 9781604690958
Publication Date: 2010-05-21
Print copy also available, QK50 .C36 2010
Building a sustainable future : ecologically based farming systems, MSU Extension Bulletin E-2983 by Steve Deming, Leslie Johnson [and others].
Call Number: S544.3.M5 E23 E-2983.
Publication Date: 2007
This MSU Extension Bulletin is part of this series, number 2983.
Building Soils for Better Crops, 3rd ed [online edition] by Fred Magdoff; Harold Vanes
Call Number: Online
ISBN: 1888626054
Publication Date: 2010
3rd ed., free online
Note - a print copy is on order as of 1/1/2020. Once available it will be linked to this guide.
Building Soils for Better Crops, 2nd ed. by Fred Magdoff; Harold Vanes
Call Number: S592.8 .M34 2000
ISBN: 1888626054
Publication Date: 2000-04-01
SARE book 4
Compact Farms - Ebook by Josh Volk; Michael Ableman (Foreword by)
ISBN: 9781612125947
Publication Date: 2017-02-07
Integrated Weed Management: One Year’s Seeding. MSU Extension Bulletin E-2931 by Karen Renner, Christy Sprague
Call Number: S544.3.M5 E23 2931
Publication Date: 2004
This MSU Extension Bulletin is part of this series, number 2931.
Managing Cover Crops Profitably, 2nd ed. by Seth Dabney (Contribution by); Chuck Ingels (Contribution by); Greg Bowman; Craig Cramer; Christopher Shirley; Marianne Sarrantonio (Contribution by); Sharad Phatak (Contribution by); Andy Clark (Contribution by); Robert Myers (Contribution by); Wayne Reeves (Contribution by)
Call Number: SB284.3.U6 M36 1998
ISBN: 1888626046
Publication Date: 2000-01-01
SARE book 3
Managing Cover Crops Profitably, end ed [onlline edition] by Seth Dabney (Contribution by); Chuck Ingels (Contribution by); Greg Bowman; Craig Cramer; Christopher Shirley; Marianne Sarrantonio (Contribution by); Sharad Phatak (Contribution by); Andy Clark (Contribution by); Robert Myers (Contribution by); Wayne Reeves (Contribution by)
ISBN: 1888626046
Publication Date: 2000-01-01
The New Organic Grower, rev. ed., Ebook by Eliot Coleman; Sheri Amsel; Molly C. Field (Illustrator); Paul Hawken (Foreword by); Chelsea Green (Editor)
Call Number: SB324.3 .C65 2018
ISBN: 093003175X
Publication Date: 2018
Ebook, 30th anniversary edition. Earlier edition available, SB324.3 .C65 1995

Resource Guide for Organic Insect & Disease Management, 2nd ed.
Ling goes to PDFdownload to this CU document by Brian Caldwell et al.

Sharing the Harvest, rev. ed. - Ebook by Elizabeth Henderson; Robyn Van En; Joan Dye Gussow (Foreword by)
ISBN: 9781933392103
Publication Date: 2007-11-01
Steel in the Field: A farmer's guide to weed-management tools by Greg Bowman; Christopher Shirley; John Gist (Illustrator)
Call Number: S676 .S69 1997
ISBN: 188862602X
Publication Date: 2002-01-01
SARE book 2
Steel in the Field [online version] by Greg Bowman; Christopher Shirley; John Gist (Illustrator)
ISBN: 188862602X
Publication Date: 2002-01-01
Wholesale Success, A Farmer's Guide to Selling, Postharvest Handling and Packing Produce by Jim Slama
ISBN: 9783484213517
Publication Date: 2010